Srilankan Orthopaedic Association

The Sri Lanka Orthopaedic Association is our association is committed to the improvement of standard of the care given to the orthopaedic and trauma patients.  We continue to provide educational programmes to our members and trainees to achieve this aim.  We also join in hands with the Department of Health Services to improve the facilities and to provide optimum care to a wider population. The Accident & Orthopaedic Service (AOS) of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka is the Level 1 Trauma Care Centre in Sri Lanka. It was declared open in 15-03-1991 & constructed under the Development Coordination Program between Republic of Finland & Sri Lankan Government. The Accident and Orthopaedic services of the National Hospital are the premier designated trauma care centre in Sri Lanka. It treats about 100,000 patients per annum of which almost 1/3 are given in- house care. In Sri Lanka, traumatic injuries are the leading cause of hospitalization, accounting for 16% of the admission in government hospitals in 2012. The Accident and Orthopaedic services being the largest and the best equipped trauma care centre in Sri Lanka caters to those who are injured in accidents.